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Photo-triggered hydrogen atom transfer from an iridium hydride complex to unactivated olefins
Guo, Xingwei,Pfund, Bj?rn,Schreier, Mirjam R.,Wenger, Oliver S.
, p. 8582 - 8594 (2020/09/07)
Many photoactive metal complexes can act as electron donors or acceptors upon photoexcitation, but hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reactivity is rare. We discovered that a typical representative of a widely used class of iridium hydride complexes acts as an H-atom donor to unactivated olefins upon irradiation at 470 nm in the presence of tertiary alkyl amines as sacrificial electron and proton sources. The catalytic hydrogenation of simple olefins served as a test ground to establish this new photo-reactivity of iridium hydrides. Substrates that are very difficult to activate by photoinduced electron transfer were readily hydrogenated, and structure-reactivity relationships established with 12 different olefins are in line with typical HAT reactivity, reflecting the relative stabilities of radical intermediates formed by HAT. Radical clock, H/D isotope labeling, and transient absorption experiments provide further mechanistic insight and corroborate the interpretation of the overall reactivity in terms of photo-triggered hydrogen atom transfer (photo-HAT). The catalytically active species is identified as an Ir(ii) hydride with an IrII-H bond dissociation free energy around 44 kcal mol-1, which is formed after reductive 3MLCT excited-state quenching of the corresponding Ir(iii) hydride, i.e. the actual HAT step occurs on the ground-state potential energy surface. The photo-HAT reactivity presented here represents a conceptually novel approach to photocatalysis with metal complexes, which is fundamentally different from the many prior studies relying on photoinduced electron transfer. This journal is
Murahashi Cross-Coupling at ?78 °C: A One-Pot Procedure for Sequential C?C/C?C, C?C/C?N, and C?C/C?S Cross-Coupling of Bromo-Chloro-Arenes
Sinha, Narayan,Heijnen, Dorus,Feringa, Ben L.,Organ, Michael G.
supporting information, p. 9180 - 9184 (2019/07/04)
The coupling of organolithium reagents, including strongly hindered examples, at cryogenic temperatures (as low as ?78 °C) has been achieved with high-reactivity Pd-NHC catalysts. A temperature-dependent chemoselectivity trigger has been developed for the selective coupling of aryl bromides in the presence of chlorides. Building on this, a one-pot, sequential coupling strategy is presented for the rapid construction of advanced building blocks. Importantly, one-shot addition of alkyllithium compounds to Pd cross-coupling reactions has been achieved, eliminating the need for slow addition by syringe pump.
Palladium-catalysed direct cross-coupling of secondary alkyllithium reagents
Vila, Carlos,Giannerini, Massimo,Hornillos, Valentin,Fananas-Mastral, Martin,Feringa, Ben L.
, p. 1361 - 1367 (2014/03/21)
Palladium-catalysed cross-coupling of secondary C(sp3) organometallic reagents has been a long-standing challenge in organic synthesis, due to the problems associated with undesired isomerisation or the formation of reduction products. Based on our recently developed catalytic C-C bond formation with organolithium reagents, herein we present a Pd-catalysed cross-coupling of secondary alkyllithium reagents with aryl and alkenyl bromides. The reaction proceeds at room temperature and on short timescales with high selectivity and yields. This methodology is also applicable to hindered aryl bromides, which are a major challenge in the field of metal catalysed cross-coupling reactions.
